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Karine Jean-Pierre: Representation
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Today, we are spending time with Karine Jean-Pierre.
Whew. This exceptional woman. I still can’t get over who she is – and what she does – in this world.
Our conversation is a little shorter than most of our Hype Women Podcast episodes. Because here’s the deal. When your time gets cut short with your guest because the President of the United States needs to brief her in the Oval Office, you take what you can get.
Karine’s role as the White House Press Secretary is considered the most important – and difficult – outside of the presidency.
She wakes up every day and steps up to the plate – or the podium, in her case – to represent the President (and his administration), in all of his policies, perspectives and points of view.
Her job description IS the definition of Representation: the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented.
AND Karine represents, intersectionality, some of the most diverse and historically excluded folks on the planet. She is the first Black woman, Black person, LGBTQAI person and Immigrant to hold the position of White House Press Secretary.
And that definition of representation is more complex, more nuanced, more complicated.
It is the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way or as being of a certain nature.
That’s a lot of responsibility.
And it got me thinking: In a world where so many of us are the *only* in a room, representing a gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, nationality – how do we ensure that *we* don’t get lost as individuals?
Let’s find out.
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